Wisdom & Understanding

“I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”   Matthew 28:20b This scripture has kept me comforted for many, many years.   Somehow knowing that God is by my side has made this life so much more livable. At the age of about 10 or 11 with the arrival of my beloved baby sister I was no longer the star of the family, there were times that I would withdraw and climb up my favorite tree.   Being a tomboy of sorts, I was usually found in a pair of cutoff jeans climbing some kind of tree, which besides reading was one of my favorite pastimes.   But there was a special tree, a Chinaberry tree that grew on the left side of our driveway near the backyard that I would climb when I wanted to “fly away”.   When I would climb that tree and finally get to the highest branch, I can remember now like it was yesterday, I felt like I was on top of the world…my little world anyway.   With the warm breeze blowing in my face, I felt as close to God as I...

Wow how time seems to be flying!  I guess that it's true what they say "The older you get, the faster time seems to fly." I am just so grateful to be here and be able to enjoy the changing of the seasons. Fall is my most favorite time of the year. The weather is usually moderate in temperature here in New Jersey With cool mornings and evenings and slightly warmer mid days. The leaves generally begin to change in colors around mid to late October. You will also see lots of signs for Apple and Pumpkin picking around that time. The geese will begin to fly south, so there is a lot of honkin' going on and the Mums (Chrysanthemums) are huge and gorgeous, and shouting at me on each farm or road stand to stop and buy a couple for the front porch. I don't think that I will do as much decorating this year as I have in the past, simply because it's WORK to take it all down.  Oh I'll still sip my warm Apple cider and light my new Autumn scented candle when I bri...